Thomas Cup China beat Thailand 3-0 to reach semi-finals
2021-10-16 08:42:43Source: CCTV
CCTV News: On October 15th, Beijing time, the Thomas Cup badminton team entered the quarter-finals of the competition. The Chinese team faced the Thai team. Shi Yuqi, He Jiting/Zhou Haodong all scored in two straight games, and Li Shifeng fought three games to capture their opponents. The Chinese team beat Thailand 3-0 and reached the semi-finals.
In the group stage, the Chinese team ranked first in three consecutive victories, while the Thai team ranked second with two wins and one loss. After the redraw, the two teams played against each other in the quarter-finals. In the first game, Guoyu’s single Shi Yuqi played against Thailand’s Wang Gaolun. The two played against each other three times before, Shi Yuqi maintained a complete victory.
[图]Shi Yuqi Jiangong China 3-0 Thailand advances to Thomas Cup semi-finals
At the beginning of the first game, Shi Yuqi fully mobilized and seized the initiative to lead 6-2 at the beginning. Wang Gaolun also gradually played out, scoring 5 points in a row to overtake. Both sides fell into a see-saw situation before and after the timeout. Shi Yuqi gradually grasped the initiative after the 11th draw, scoring 4 points to establish an advantage, and after 16-13, he scored 4 points in a row to 21- 14 was the first to win. In the second game, Shi Yuqi continued to control the initiative, but Wang Guolun bit the score. Shi Yuqi was caught up with a 9-6 and 11-9 lead. The two squeezed to 16 draws, Shi Yuqi scored 4 points to establish the advantage, and finally the next game 21-17, won the first point for the Chinese team.
In the second game, He Jiting/Zhou Haodong played against Su Bai/Ge Delun. After 3 draws in the first game, He Jiting/Zhou Haodong seized the opportunity and scored 6 points in a row to open up the points difference, suppressing the opponent all the way, and then scored 4 points after 17-10 and won 21-10 easily. In the second game, He Jiting/Zhou Haodong scored 5 points after 0-3 and was tied after leading to 8-5. Entering the midgame, He Jiting/Zhou Haodong were caught up with the gap between them several times. After 17-18, they withstood the pressure and scored 4 points in a row with 21-18. The Chinese team scored another point.
In the third game, Li Shifeng faced Thailand’s World Youth Championship triple champion Kun Lavut. The two sides had met five times before, and Li Shifeng could hardly find a victory. In the first game, Li Shifeng scored 5 points in a row after 8-7. He played proactively and completely restrained Kun Lavut. After 15-12, he played a wave of 5-0 offensive and took the lead 21-13. In the second game, Li Shifeng scored 6 points in a row after 4-5. After entering the middle game, he still maintained an advantage of about 4 points. However, after hitting 16-12, he lost 4 points and was chased to a level of 16. After 17-16, Li Shifeng failed to withstand the impact of Kunlavut, and lost 5 points in a row to be reversed 17-21. In the deciding game, Li Shifeng regrouped and scored 4 points in a row. When leading 7-3, Kunlavut saved the ball and bruised his hand and requested a medical timeout. Li Shifeng played steadily and completely controlled the rhythm on the court, not giving Kunlavut any chance, forcing his opponent to make frequent mistakes. The second half of the competition was completely one-sided, Li Shifeng burst into action, 13-6, 7 points in a row to get the match point, 21-7 to seal the victory.
In the end, the Chinese team easily defeated the Thai team 3-0 and took the lead in reaching the semi-finals of the Thomas Cup.
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